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About Ikhaya

It's in our name

Ikhaya means ‘home’ in Zulu. We sell Modern African Homewares that bring the warm spirit of the Rainbow Nation to Australia.

Ikhaya sources fun, quirky products from South Africa & a few other African countries. We love traditional African craft but also love the combination of art & recycling in authentic African style.

Inspired by these pieces Ikhaya hopes to help the crafters by selling their products in Australia & enabling another nation to enjoy these beautiful pieces!

About our founder

I am originally from Cape Town & spent a few years living in Brisbane before moving to Sydney where I am now.

I have a love of all things African & want to share this with Australia. I have a particular passion for the modern funky side of the craft - everything always has a little bit of humour.

Most of the items on this website are FAIR TRADE & sourced from community projects & Fair Trade organisations in South Africa.

Socially Aware

Africans have always been known for artistic handiwork that is both innovative and colourful. In selling their craft on this website we aim to create sustainable employment and empower them. Each item has a genuine African flavour and proves that no matter what, life is worth celebrating!

How to shop

Browse our easy to navigate categories, each item is hand crafted so no 2 can ever be exactly the same.

Returns

Read on to see our policy on returns. Read on...

Shipping

We like to keep things simple, where possible your purchase will be wrapped in recycled paper, although we would love to wrap them in brand new beautiful wrapping we have to consider the environment and re-use what we have...that goes for bubble wrap and boxes! Read on...